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| AFC North: Ravens' Lewis still leads by example |
NFL Football |
09/22/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Baltimore Ravens defense had been bending but not breaking all game. Now with under 40 seconds to go, the group was determined not to give in. Four times prior, the San Diego Chargers had reached the red zone against the Ravens defense, and all four times they had been held to field goals. With Baltimore up 31-26, the Chargers needed a touchdown in their fifth visit. It was 4th-and-2 at the 15-yard line and San Diego already had nearly 500 yards of offense, most of that coming through th |
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| Cassel ready to go for KC |
NFL Football |
09/20/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel was active and started Sunday's 13-10 loss to Oakland Cassel made his regular-season debut with the Chiefs after missing a Week 1 setback to the Baltimore Ravens with a knee injury. He had been listed as questionable this week and was able to practice. Brodie Croyle got the start last week against the Ravens and threw for 177 yards on 16-of-24 passing with two touchdowns in the 38-24 loss. The inactive quarterbacks for the Chiefs thi |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, September 20, 2009) |
NFL Football |
09/20/2009 |
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| , CB Keenan Lewis, G Kraig Urbik, WR Limas Sweed, DE Nick Eason, T Tony Hills, S Troy Polamalu Bears - CB D.J. Moore, CB DeAngelo Smith, TE Desmond Clark, WR Devin Aromashodu, DT Jarron Gilbert, WR Joaquin Iglesias, G Lance Louis, LB Pisa Tinoisamoa BALTIMORE RAVENS AT SAN DIEGO CHARGERS, 4:15 P.M. (ET) Ravens - 3rd QB John Beck, DT Brandon McKinney, LB Dannell Ellerbe, TE L.J. Smith, T Oniel Cousins, DE Paul Kruger, S Tom Zbikowski, T Tony Moll Chargers - 3rd QB Charlie Whitehurst, RB LaDainian Tomlinson, LB A |
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| Vasquez joins LT, Hardwick on Bolts' inactive list |
NFL Football |
09/20/2009 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -Rookie right guard Louis Vasquez is one of three starters inactive for the San Diego Chargers' home opener against the Baltimore Ravens. The Chargers already knew running back LaDainian Tomlinson and center Nick Hardwick would be sidelined by sprained ankles. There was a chance Vasquez would be out due to a sprained knee. Backup linebacker Antwan Applewhite (hamstring) also was inactive. Scott Mruczkowski made his second career start and first at center. Brandyn Dombrowski, who saw his |
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| Raiders seek to spoil Haley's home debut in K.C. |
NFL Football |
09/19/2009 |
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| at winner. Haley's initial work as the team's sideline guide did not bring what has become an exceedingly rare victory for the franchise, but there were certainly silver linings to be found in the effort. Kansas City went toe-to-toe with a very good Baltimore Ravens team on the road in Week 1, leading for a portion of the third quarter and staring at a 24-24 score as the fourth-quarter ticked under three minutes. Two late touchdowns by Baltimore made the final a misleading 38-24, but there was no doubt to anyon |
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| Hype precedes Pats-Jets tilt, as usual |
NFL Football |
09/19/2009 |
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| ious exodus of Brett Favre and Eric Mangini from East Rutherford last winter - another notebook-filler shows up. Ladies and gentlemen of the media, meet Rex Ryan. North Jersey's newest round mound of provocative sound. The rotund ex-patriarch of the Baltimore Ravens' defense made - ahem - a sizable impression upon accepting the job as Mangini's sideline successor, immediately turning his attention toward the moribund green-clad franchise's long-standing enemy to the north. "I never came here to kiss Bill Belich |
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| High-flying Ravens visit battered Chargers |
NFL Football |
09/19/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Though certain sectors of the NFL world may have been surprised at the performance of the Baltimore Ravens offense last week, the San Diego Chargers and their supporters were not likely among them. The designer of the offense that racked up a franchise-record 501 yards in the Ravens' 38-24 win over the Kansas City Chiefs last week - coordinator Cam Cameron - previously worked similar magic during a five-year tenure in the same capacity with the Chargers (2002-06). Thus, when Cameron and the |
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| Chargers' Tomlinson ruled out for Sunday |
NFL Football |
09/18/2009 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson will miss San Diego's home opener on Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens due to a sprained ankle. Tomlinson, who will miss just the second game of his career, sustained the injury during San Diego's 24-20 victory over the Oakland Raiders on Monday night. The 5-foot-10 running back had a groin injury in January that forced him to miss the Chargers' playoff loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion Steelers. The Texas Christian product rus |
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| LT, Hardwick, Vasquez miss Bolts practice again |
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09/17/2009 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -The San Diego Chargers are inching closer to playing the Baltimore Ravens without three key offensive starters. Running back LaDainian Tomlinson, center Nick Hardwick and right guard Louis Vasquez all missed their second straight practice on Thursday, decreasing the chance they'll play against the vaunted Ravens defense. Hardwick and Tomlinson have sprained ankles and Vasquez a sprained knee. On Friday, the team will officially update their status for Sunday's game. ``The odds go agains |
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| Chiefs, Raiders see themselves in each other |
NFL Football |
09/17/2009 |
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| aliber, you've got to defend him, keep him from being a major factor in the game, if that's possible.'' A major goal for the Chiefs all week was improving an anemic running game that netted only 29 yards against Baltimore's rugged defense. ``The Baltimore Ravens' defense is and has been one of the top run defenses in the league,'' Haley noted. ``That being said, we need to run the ball better than we did in that game every single week. There can't be a week where we have an off week like that. Whether it's |
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